Improved mousk-trap



ANTHONY G. DAVIS, OF WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT.

Loom Parent No. 91,722, dated June 22, 1869.

IMPROVED MOUSE-TRAP# The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentand making part of the same.

To all whom it, may concern.-

Beit known that'I, ANTHONY G. DAVIS, of Watertown, in the county ofLitchiield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and'usefulImprovement in litouse-lraps; and I do hereby declarethat the followingis a fulland exact description of the same, reference being had totheaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention is an improvement on the trap of A. G. Davis, patentedMarch 30, 1869; and consists in certain changes in the construction ofthe saine, which will be more fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings- Figure l is a plan view of my invention, inverted;

Figure 2 is a side elevation ofthe same; and

' Figure 3, a section through line x z, lig. 2.' l To enable othersskilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed todescribe fully its construction and operation.

In the patent above mentioned, a circular trap was employed, having awooden top, with a .sheet-metal rim, divided by strips of sheet-metal,radiating from the centre into cells, or compartments. Said strips wereattached to the trap by projections, which were driven into wooden top.

My improvementconsists in the employment of a vertical post, A, whichpasses through the centre of the top B, and extends below the samenearly to the bottom.

The post a is provided with a sniicient number of vertical grooves, intowhich are fitted the inner ends f the wooden stripsl C, which form thepartitions.

The outer ends ofthe said strips are secured to the metal rim, by meansof flanges, o o, which are struck out, by any suitable method, from thesides of the metal rim, two being formed for each partition, and bentinward, one on each side, thus securely clamping the same.

By this construction, a strong and simplefastening is made. Having thnsfully described my invention, What I claim as new, and wish to secure byLetters Patent, is- Y In a monse-trap, of essentially the describedconstruction, the partitions C, secured by the grooved centre-post A andfianges o, substantially as described. .'.Ihisspecication signed andwitnessed, this 16th day of April, 1869. ANTHONY G. DAVIS. Witnesses:

GEORGE S. A'rwoon, WM. MGGOWAN.

